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The Brothers-In-Law: A Tale of the Equatorial Islands
Louis Becke
The Pacific islands of the late nineteenth century form a volatile frontier where the reach of law is thin and the influence of individual traders is absolute. Two tales of colonial life, vengeance, and the harsh justice of the atolls illustrate the moral decay and sudden violence inherent in this isolated world.
The Campaign Round Liège
J. M. (John McFarland) Kennedy
This urgent account of the early days of the Great War captures the shock of the German invasion of Belgium and the unexpected, fierce resistance that fundamentally reshaped the conflict.
The Campers Out
Edward Sylvester Ellis
Three unruly boys trade their schoolrooms for a life of crime and wilderness adventure, only to find that the hazards of the woods are far more unforgiving than the teachers they abandoned.
The Canadian Curler's Manual
James Bicket
When winter muffles up his cloak, And binds the mire like a rock, THEN to the loch the Curlers flock Wi' gleesome speed.
The Comical Adventures of Twm Shon Catty (Thomas Jones, Esq.),: Commonly known as the Welsh Robin Hood
T. J. Llewelyn (Thomas Jeffery Llewelyn) Prichard
A mischievous, legendary Welsh trickster navigates poverty and social injustice, constantly outwitting the arrogant and powerful through his sharp wits and a series of relentless, hilarious practical jokes.
The Cottage of Delight: A Novel
Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben
A young man navigates the suffocating social hierarchies and moral dilemmas of a small Southern town, eventually finding his way to a new life in the city while tethered by the memory of a lost love.
The Coyote: A Western Story
James Roberts
A solitary drifter, caught in a web of false accusations and mounting danger, must navigate the treacherous landscape of the American West to clear his name. Bound by an unspoken code and the pursuit of redemption, he finds his path irrevocably altered by a chance encounter that challenges his cynical solitude.
The Cryptogram: A Story of Northwest Canada
William Murray Graydon
In the rugged Canadian wilderness, a young employee of the Hudson’s Bay Company must outwit a ruthless rival and protect the woman he loves, all while uncovering a long-hidden family secret.
The Day of Wrath: A Story of 1914
Louis Tracy
Caught in the sudden, violent onset of the First World War, two strangers must traverse a crumbling Belgium to survive the German invasion and find their way home.
The First Easter
James Hartwell Willard
This retelling of the resurrection narrative focuses on the final days of Jesus’ ministry, framing the events of the first Easter as the culmination of a life defined by mercy and supernatural compassion.
The Foolish Almanak for Anuthur Year: The Furst Cinc the Introdukshun ov the Muk-rake in Magazeen Gardning, and the Speling Reform ov Owr Langwij by Theodor Rosyfelt
Various
HOOK This satirical almanac delivers a cynical, sharp-witted snapshot of American life in 1906, mocking everything from political scandals and social trends to the very language used to describe them.
The French Revolution 1789-1795
Bertha Meriton Gardiner
The upheaval in France from 1789 to 1795 remains a definitive study of how a society, shackled by feudal inequities and bankrupt leadership, collapses into the fires of revolutionary zeal and systemic terror.
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 981, October 15, 1898
Various
This volume serves as a quintessential time capsule of late-Victorian domesticity, offering a blend of moral instruction, architectural appreciation, and serialized fiction designed for the young women of 1898.
The Graysons: A Story of Illinois
Edward Eggleston
The frontier courtroom becomes a stage for truth when a young man’s life hangs on the intuition of an unpretentious lawyer. This story finds its gravity in the moral landscape of early Illinois, where justice is often as rough-hewn as the settlers themselves.
The Great Doctrines of the Bible
William Evans
The foundations of the Christian faith are laid bare through a rigorous, systematic examination of its core tenets, written to guide both students and laypeople through the complexities of biblical theology.
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The History of Lynn, Vol. 1 [of 2]
William Richards
A scholarly, opinionated chronicle of an English port town, tracing its evolution from ancient, marshy origins through the rise of feudal power and the shifting influence of the church.
The House of the Arrow
A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
The quiet of a French provincial town is shattered by a death that feels too convenient to be natural. A young woman’s inheritance triggers a lethal game of shadows, where the only thing more dangerous than the truth is the person searching for it.
The House of the Combrays
G. Lenotre
A haunting reconstruction of the forgotten, desperate underground resistance against Napoleon, where aristocratic loyalty meets police-state brutality in the shadows of the First Empire.
The Inhumanity of Socialism
Edward F. (Edward Francis) Adams
This collection of two lectures argues that socialism is fundamentally at odds with the laws of nature and the essential role of individual ambition in human progress.
The Lake Gun
James Fenimore Cooper
HOOK A traveler’s hunt for a legendary floating log and a mysterious booming sound on Seneca Lake becomes a pointed warning against the political demagogues of a nation drifting toward civil war.
The Last of the Peterkins: With Others of Their Kin
Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody) Hale
An well-meaning, incurably muddled American family wanders across the globe, turning every simple task into a comedic crisis of logic while their extended kin face equally absurd predicaments at home.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 05: Claudius
Suetonius
An unlikely survivor of the brutal intrigues surrounding the early Roman emperors, Claudius stumbles from the shadows of his own family into the most powerful office in the world, only to find that ruling is as dangerous as hiding.
The Lords of the Wild: A Story of the Old New York Border
Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
A young provincial lad and his Onondaga companion face fire, fog, and forest ambushes along the 18th-century New York border.
The Lost Child
François Coppée
This Christmas story explores the collision between the cold, frantic world of high finance and the quiet, enduring grace of the poor. It serves as a sharp reminder that the human heart is often found exactly where it has been most neglected.
The Mysterious Mr. Miller
William Le Queux
A web of international crime, stolen identities, and long-buried secrets entangles a man’s life after a mysterious stranger dies in his boarding house.
The New South: A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution
Holland Thompson
A region shattered by war rebuilt itself not by abandoning its past, but by reshaping its old traditions to fit a new industrial and social reality.
The Pinos Altos Story
Dorothy Watson
Pinos Altos sits on the Continental Divide, a high-altitude settlement born of gold fever and forged in the crucible of frontier survival. This account captures the town’s transformation from a rough mining camp into a community shaped by the endurance of its people.
The prophete Ionas with an introduccion: before teachinge to vnderstonde him and the right vse also of all the scripture/ and why it was written/ and what is therin to be sought/ and shewenge wherewith the scripture is locked vpp that he which readeth it/ can not vnderstonde it/ though he studie therin neuer so moch: and agayne with what keyes it is so opened/ that the reader can be stopped out with no sotilte or false doctrine of man/ from the true sense and vnderstondynge therof
William Tyndale
A fiery call to spiritual authenticity, this work reframes the biblical story of Jonah as a mirror for the reader’s own conscience and a rejection of hollow religious tradition.
The sacred theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 2)
Thomas Burnet
The world is not a static stage, but a ruin. This inquiry traces the Earth’s fractured geography back to a primeval, perfectly smooth globe, arguing that our mountains and oceans are the jagged debris of a cosmic collapse.
The Senator's Bride
Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.
A tale of pride, jealousy, and the redemptive power of suffering, this narrative explores the fractures within a marriage strained by secrets and societal expectations. It captures the heavy, atmospheric burden of Victorian-era emotional repression.
The Serpent's Tooth
B. M. (Bithia Mary) Croker
HOOK A young woman’s life is defined by the heavy, inherited traits of a difficult mother and a volatile husband. This story of domestic entrapment reveals the painful cost of breaking free.
The Seven Champions of Christendom
William Henry Giles Kingston
The patron saints of the major European powers unite in a series of fantastical, globe-spanning adventures against dragons, enchanters, and giants. This whimsical chronicle preserves the spirit of late Renaissance chivalric romance for a younger audience.
The seven curses of London
James Greenwood
The Victorian metropolis conceals a sprawling, desperate underworld of poverty and vice beneath its veneer of imperial prosperity. This investigation exposes the systemic failures that trap thousands of Londoners in cycles of crime and neglect.
The Squirrels and other animals
George Waring
A squirrel awakens from a long winter slumber to discover the beauty of spring, leading to a series of observations about the natural world and the creatures inhabiting his valley.
The steps of life: further essays on happiness
Karl Hilty
To live well, one must learn to see the shifting landscape of human experience from the heights of a chastened will and a responsive, steady mind.
The Story of Germ Life
H. W. (Herbert William) Conn
Bacteria are frequently feared as invisible harbingers of sickness, yet they are also the essential, industrious architects of the natural world. This comprehensive overview reveals how these microscopic organisms sustain the very life they occasionally threaten.
The Triumph Of Night: 1916
Edith Wharton
A young secretary’s chance encounter with a charismatic stranger on a bitter winter night leads him into a web of unspoken malice and a haunting, fatal destiny he is powerless to avert.
The twelve adventurers, and other stories
Charlotte Brontë
Young imaginations weave elaborate worlds to escape the constraints of reality, transforming ordinary play into grand, mythic chronicles of love, war, and absolute power.
The Wolves and the Lamb
William Makepeace Thackeray
A witty and satirical play about love, class, and social pretensions in 19th-century England.
Throwing-sticks in the National Museum: Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-'84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1890, pages 279-289
Otis Tufton Mason
This technical report offers a meticulous examination of the throwing-stick, a specialized hunting implement used by Eskimo populations. By cataloging regional design variations, it reveals how local environmental demands shaped the evolution of a singular tool.
'Tilda Jane: An Orphan in Search of a Home. A Story for Boys and Girls
Marshall Saunders
A resilient orphan girl travels across the snowy landscape in search of a home, accompanied by her cherished and disabled dog. Her journey becomes a profound quest for belonging, morality, and the redemptive power of kindness.
Two Little Pilgrims' Progress: A Story of the City Beautiful
Frances Hodgson Burnett
This is a story of two children who build a private, imaginative sanctuary within a cold world, only to embark on a quest to find the "City Beautiful" of their dreams. It is a tender exploration of childhood resilience, the hunger for wonder, and the transformative power of being seen.
Uncle Titus and His Visit to the Country
Johanna Spyri
A child’s solitary grief opens into a summer of unexpected warmth and noisy grace when she is transplanted from a suffocating city flat to the sunlit meadows of a vibrant Swiss estate.
Wanted, a Young Woman to Do Housework: Business principles applied to housework
C. Hélène Barker
Reforming household labor requires treating domestic work like any other modern industry rather than an unstructured, lifetime obligation.
What the "Boys" Did Over There: By "Themselves"
Unknown
The Great War is often remembered through the distant, polished lens of history, but these dispatches bring the raw grit of the trenches directly to the reader. They serve as a visceral, fragmented mosaic of survival in a conflict that redefined human endurance.
When Day is Done
Edgar A. (Edgar Albert) Guest
When day slips down and the busy town gives way to quiet streets, home becomes a sanctuary where simple joys far outweigh the relentless chase for gold and fame.
Woodside, the North End of Newark, N.J.: Its History, Legends and Ghost Stories Gathered from the Records and the Older Inhabitants Now Living
C. G. (Charles Gilbert) Hine
This local history serves as both a repository of New Jersey lore and a heartfelt portrait of a community emerging from the quietude of farm life into the bustle of suburban development.
Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading: The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of Childhood
Josephine Pollard
This collection of biblical narratives strips away complex theological terminology, offering a simplified retelling of scripture designed to bridge the gap between childhood reading levels and foundational religious history. By focusing on essential human dramas, it translates the stories of the Old and New…